Non-refillable bottle



(N0 Model.)

B. A. POSTER. NON-REFILLABLE BOTTLE.

No. 594,073. Patented Nov.v 23, 1897.

UNITED STATES PATE T OFFICE.

EPHRIAM A. FOSTER, OF PORT CLINTON, OHIO.

NON-REFILLABLE BOTTLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 594,073, dated November 23, 1897.

Application filed March 25, 1897.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, EPHRIAM A. FOSTER, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Port Clinton, in the county of Ottawa and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Non-Refillable Bottles; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, which will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which form apart of this specification.

My invention relates to improvements in bottles and similar receptacles and stoppers. therefor; and-its object is to provide an improved construction of the same whereby the identity of the bottle has to bedestroyed before the contents can be removed, thereby preventing them from being refilled with imitation or spurious goods and passed as gennine.

The invention consists in a bottle or similar receptacle having a neck provided with a solid top and with a shouldered recess at the mouth formed with an intersecting slot, in combination with a spring-stopper consisting of a spring-metal plate bent over at the center and introduced into said recess through the slot and seated in the bottles mouth, the construction being such that when forced into said recess the ends of said stoppers will spring apart and engage with the walls thereof above and below the slot, whereby its withdrawal is prevented until the solid top of the neck is broken off, as hereinafter fully described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation of a portion of a bottle constructed in accordance with my invention. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section of the same. Fig. 3 is a horizontal section of the same on the line w m, Fig. 1, the stopper being removed. Fig. 4 is a sectional view showinga modified construction and also showing the cement filling. Fig. 5 is a detail view of the stopper removed.

In the said drawings the reference-numeral 1 designates the neck of a bottle made of glass, pottery-ware, or other frangible material, provided with an opening 2, leading to the interior of the bottle, and having a solid head 3. At the junction of said solid head with the neck is formed a rectangular recess Serial No. 629,187. (No model.)

4, the top and bottom walls of which maybe fiat or straight, as shown in Fig. 4, or inclined and contracted at their rear, as shown in Fig.

1, which is the preferred form. At the front of said recessis formed a rectangular slot 5, which serves as the filling-opening of the bot- 6o tle, having shoulders 6 and 7 at the upper and lower sides, with which the spring-stopper, hereinafter described, engages.

The numeral 8 designates the stopper, consisting of a rectangular plate of spring metal bent over at the center, as seen at Fig. 5. The lower side of said plate has glued or otherwise secured thereto a strip of cork or other elastic material, which fits against the mouth of the. bottle when the stopper is in place and makes a tight joint.

The manner of using the invention is as follows: The bottle is filled through the slot in the side of the neck, and the stopper is then forced through the slots into the recess there- 7 5 in, when the ends will spring apart and, engaging with the shoulders above and below the slot, will be prevented from withdrawal.

To withdraw the contents of the bottle, the solid head is broken off, when the stopper can be removed and the contents poured out.

I prefer, after the stopper has been inserted, to fill the space between the ends with a suitable plastic cement, which will subsequently harden, making a perfect seal to-the bottle.

I do not confine myself to any particular shape of the recess so long as the ends of the stopper will engage with the shoulders of the slot to prevent withdrawal of the stopper.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim is The combination with a frangible bottle,

the neck having a solid head formed with a recess at the junction of said head and with a slot communicating with said recess having shoulders at the upper and lower sides, of the stopper consisting of a spring-metal plate bent over at the center forced into said recess, and its ends engaging with said shoulders; substantially as described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereunto affixed my signature in presence of two witnesses.

EPHRIAM A. FOSTER.

' Witnesses:

Soo'r'r STAHL, D. B. OOUROHAINE. 

